Toy.



J. UOMINY.

TOY.

vAFPLIGA'I'ION FILED MAY 9. 1916..

'jl @53936@ Patent Jam. 15, 1918..

lo gw- 0 A u WW i INVENTOR ATTORNEY til i JOHN .'DGMIN'LIOF GOODELL,IOWA.

TOY.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented vdan. l5, i915...

Application led May 9, 1316. Serial No. 98,403.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN Bonini?, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Goodell, in the county of Hancock and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Toys, of which the fol.-lovving is a specification.

rl'his invention relates to an 'improvement in toys and moreparticularly to a mechanically operated toy in Which a ligure is mountedto be actuated and be givfn grotesque movement or movement similar tothe antics of the dancer.

Au .object of my invention is to provide such a toy which may be verysimply and ineXpensively manufactured and which has the main Workingparts of the operating mechanism inclosed so that this mechanism cannotbe readily tampered With by children.

A further object lies in so constructing the operating mechanism that itis of the clock-Work type and may be set to be held against operation orto operate at the pleasure of the user, and further to provide means bywhich a balance is maintained in the operating mechanism so that theWeight of the Vfigure which is to be operated will not act as a drag toprevent successful operation of the device.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in suchnovel features of construction and combination of parts to behereinafter set forth in connection with the drawings and then moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vieiv in front elevation shoiving the entire device.

F ig. 2 is a view in end elevation of the disclosure in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the operating mechanism to furtherdisclose the operative parts thereof.

Fig. i is a view in end elevation of' the operating mechanism containingcase.

The main structure of the device comprises a base 1 which has a standard2 mounted in an upright relation adjacent to one side of the base and acase 3 is mounted on this upright standard 2 so that it has one endthereof disposed substantially centrally over the base l.

The case 3 has a clockwork mechanism of the usual form mounted thereinand a Winding means 4 is provided to permit Winding of the spring of theclock-Work mechanism to bring the spring to a tension to give thedesired operating impetus to the mechanism. The escapement shaft 5 ispositioned adjacent to one end of the case 3 and the escapement dog oranchor G is mounted on the shaft and is provided with the usual palletswhich engage with the teeth of the escapement-wheel 'l Which is drivenfrom the clock-Work mechanism, these parts being substantially identicalwith similar parts as in ordinary clock-Work or spring motors. A controllever 8 is brought up through the case I3 and is extended to one sideWhere it `vill be accessible to the user to permit turnn ing of the sameto stop the operation of the cloclcivork or to permit turning to allowoperation thereof.

An arm 9 is mounted on the shaft 5 and is extended 'through a slottedopening l() formed in the end of the case, this arm being so arrangedthat as the parts operate and the dog or anchor 6 is rocked, the arm 9is given oscillatory or vibratory movement. In the first instance l haveshown the figure to be operated as being that of a doll form asgenerally indicated at ll, and it is to be noted that the arms l2 andthe legs 13 are made separate from the body` portion and are hingedlymounted thereon. The lever 9 is provided on its outer end with a ring orhook 14, and a cord or other flexible element 16 is connected through aring l5 formed on or carried by the figure 1l and is connected at itsremaining end With the looped or hooked portion la of the lever 9.

By making the cord or other flexible element i6 of such length that thefeet of the ligure ll will come in contact With the upper surface of thebase l and will be raised above the same, a structure is accomplished inwhich very lifelike movements are imparted to the hingedly connected orjointed arms and legs of the figure as the lever 9 is oscillated orvibratcd through actuation by the clock-Work mechanism. As the Weight ofthe ligure 1l is supported on. the arm 9 during a part of the operation,it is preferable that a counterweight l? be mounted on an arm 18 whichis extended to the opposite side of the shaft 5, and in this Way theWeight of the figure is in a measure counterbalanced and the escapementmechanism is given better operation.

In the use of the toy,'the control lever 8 Will he moved to a positionto stop movement of the parts of the clock-Work mechanisni and then byturning the winding key the spring will be coiled in the usual manner,then when the operating 'lever is moved to a position to release theclock-work meehf anism, the escapement means will cause the Y arm orlever 9 to be given vibratory or oscil latory' movement and through theconnection of the cord 1G with the ligure 11, this figure will be givenup and down movement with a somewhat sharp and jerking action which willcause the arms and legs to move with respect to the body and will givethe desired jigging appearance to the ligure.

Thile l have herein shown and described only one specific form or thedevice, it will be understoood vthat two or more figures might beattached on the cord 16 that modi iications might be resorted to in thearrangement of the parts as hereinbefore set forth, and that still otherchanges might be made without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention, and hence l do not wish to be limited to the exact disclosurebut only 'to such points as may be set forth in the claims.

I claim:

1. A mechanical toy comprising a base, an upright standard mounted onsaid base, an operating mechanism carried at the upper end of thestandard, said operating mechanism including an arm to which vibratorymovement is imparted, a figure having the depending members thereofjointed, and a flexible member by which the gure is suspended from thearm.

2. A toy comprising a base, an upright standard mounted on said baseadjacent one side thereof, a case mounted on the upper extremity of saidstandard in overhanging relation, an operating mechanism mounted withinthe case, said operating mechanism having an arm extendingfrom the Vcasewith the outer end thereot1 substantially centrally located over thebaseand said arm having vibratory movement imparted thereto by .actuation ofthe opera-ting mechanism, a iigure having the depending members thereofloosely connected, and a cord connected with the outer end of said armby which the ligure is suspended therefrom with the s lower extremitiesresting substantially upon the base.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN YnoMrNv.

Vitnesses:

Jol-IN SUURBALLE, G. A. SCHMALLE.

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